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UCLA Baseball Releases 2010 Schedule

LOS ANGELES - The UCLA baseball team has released its 2010 schedule, which features 23 games against teams that advanced to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, as announced by sixth-year head coach John Savage. UCLA will open the season at home versus Southern University in the MLB Urban Invitational on Friday, Feb. 19.

UCLA's 56-game regular-season schedule includes at least 32 home contests and 24 games played away from Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins' home slate is lined by non-conference weekend series versus Nebraska (March 5-7), Oral Roberts (March 19-21) and Cal Poly (March 25-27).

'We're looking forward to playing another challenging schedule next spring,' Savage said. 'Those familiar with our program know that we take a lot of pride in playing the nation's best teams. Between our nine Pac-10 series and our five non-conference weekends, we are very excited about this schedule.'

UCLA opens the season playing Southern, Bethune-Cookman and Cal State Northridge in the third annual MLB Urban Invitational (Feb. 19-21). The contest versus Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 20) will be played at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Calif., and will be broadcast live on either ESPN or MLB Network. The weekend finale versus Cal State Northridge (Feb. 21) will be played at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

The following weekend, the Bruins will face Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State and USC in the Adidas-Nike Classic (Feb. 26-28). UCLA will face crosstown rival USC in the weekend finale that Sunday at Dodger Stadium (2 p.m.). Friday's game versus Vanderbilt will be played at Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA's game against Oklahoma State on Saturday will take place in Los Angeles at a venue to be determined.

The Bruins will play in the 2010 Whataburger College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas (March 12-14). Games that weekend against Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Mississippi State and Oklahoma will take place at Whataburger Field, home to minor league baseball's Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros' double-A affiliate).

UCLA opens Pac-10 play against Stanford at Jackie Robinson Stadium (April 1-3). The Bruins' other four home conference series include Oregon (April 16-18), Arizona State (April 30-May 2), USC (May 14-16) and the regular-season finale versus Washington State (May 28-30).

The Bruins will play four Pac-10 opponents on the road in 2010 - Oregon State (April 9-11), Arizona (April 23-25), Washington (May 7-9) and California (May 21-23).

UCLA's midweek contests include two games each against Long Beach State, UC Riverside, Pepperdine and Cal State Fullerton. The Bruins will also play one midweek game against UC Santa Barbara.

The Bruins' last four schedules have been ranked among the top three-most difficult in the country, as ranked by Boyd's World (strength of schedule ranking service). UCLA's schedule was ranked No. 1 in 2006, No. 2 in 2007 and No. 3 in 2008 and 2009.

2010 UCLA BASEBALL SCHEDULE

Day

Date

Opponent

Site

Time

Friday

Feb. 19

# Southern

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

Feb. 20

# Bethune-Cookman

Compton, Calif.

TBD

Sunday

Feb. 21

# Cal State Northridge

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Tuesday

Feb. 23

at Long Beach State

Long Beach, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

Friday

Feb. 26

^ Vanderbilt

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

Feb. 27

^ Oklahoma State

Los Angeles, Calif. (TBD)

TBD

Sunday

Feb. 28

^ USC

Dodger Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Tuesday

March 2

Waseda Univ. (Japan, exh.)

Jackie Robinson Stadium

5:00 p.m.

Friday

March 5

Nebraska

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

March 6

Nebraska

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

March 7

Nebraska

Jackie Robinson Stadium

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday

March 9

UC Riverside

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Friday

March 12

% Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas

4:00 p.m.

Saturday

March 13

% Mississippi State

Corpus Christi, Texas

3:00 p.m.

Sunday

March 14

% Oklahoma

Corpus Christi, Texas

9:00 a.m.

Friday

March 19

Oral Roberts

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

March 20

Oral Roberts

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

March 21

Oral Roberts

Jackie Robinson Stadium

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday

March 23

at UC Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, Calif.

2:00 p.m.

Thursday

March 25

Cal Poly

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Friday

March 26

Cal Poly

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

March 27

Cal Poly

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Tuesday

March 30

Pepperdine

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Thursday

April 1

*Stanford

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Friday

April 2

*Stanford

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

April 3

*Stanford

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Tuesday

April 6

Cal State Fullerton

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Friday

April 9

*at Oregon State

Corvallis, Ore.

5:00 p.m.

Saturday

April 10

*at Oregon State

Corvallis, Ore.

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

April 11

*at Oregon State

Corvallis, Ore.

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday

April 13

at UC Riverside

Riverside, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

Friday

April 16

*Oregon

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

April 17

*Oregon

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

April 18

*Oregon

Jackie Robinson Stadium

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday

April 20

Long Beach State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Friday

April 23

*at Arizona

Tucson, Ariz.

7:00 p.m.

Saturday

April 24

*at Arizona

Tucson, Ariz.

6:00 p.m.

Sunday

April 25

*at Arizona

Tucson, Ariz.

12:00 p.m.

Tuesday

April 27

UC Irvine

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Friday

April 30

*Arizona State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

May 1

*Arizona State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

May 2

*Arizona State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday

May 4

at Pepperdine

Malibu, Calif.

3:00 p.m.

Friday

May 7

*at Washington

Seattle, Wash.

TBD

Saturday

May 8

*at Washington

Seattle, Wash.

TBD

Sunday

May 9

*at Washington

Seattle, Wash.

TBD

Tuesday

May 11

at UC Irvine

Irvine, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

Friday

May 14

*USC

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

May 15

*USC

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

May 16

*USC

Jackie Robinson Stadium

1:00 p.m.

Friday

May 21

*at California

Berkeley, Calif.

2:30 p.m.

Saturday

May 22

*at California

Berkeley, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

Sunday

May 23

*at California

Berkeley, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday

May 25

at Cal State Fullerton

Fullerton, Calif.

6:00 p.m.

Friday

May 28

*Washington State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

6:00 p.m.

Saturday

May 29

*Washington State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

2:00 p.m.

Sunday

May 30

*Washington State

Jackie Robinson Stadium

1:00 p.m.

Fri. - Mon.

June 4-7

NCAA Regionals

TBD

TBD

Fri. - Mon.

June 11-14

NCAA Super Regionals

TBD

TBD

Sat. - Wed.

June 19-30

College World Series

Omaha, Neb.

TBD

* indicates Pac-10 Conference game # MLB Urban Invitational (Feb. 20 game at Urban Youth Academy) ^ Nike-Adidas Classic teams include Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State and USC % Whataburger College Classic (at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas) All game times are Pacific